HI-FI NEWS Analogue Test LP NM HFN 002 NM Len Gregory 2002

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HI-FI NEWS  Analogue Test LP'  NM! HFN 002.

RECORD / NM

SLEEVE / VG+( seam split top center 2"

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Will need to be anti static and dusted off.

This is a black vinyl LP record titled "HI-FI NEWS 'Analogue Test LP'". It is a 12" record with a speed of 33 RPM, featuring soul/funk music. The record is in near mint condition, while the cardboard sleeve is graded as excellent. This particular record is from the United States and is designed for testing and optimizing audio equipment, making it a valuable addition to any audiophile's collection.

The 'Producer's Cut' is the successor to the original HFN Test LP, first pressed in 1996. Len Gregory, The Cartridge Man, who produced the original version, had over the years concluded that there were a number of improvements that could be made to his earlier work which in the four years since it's release had sold an amazing 10,000 copies around the world.

He went back to Graham Durham at The Exchange for a new recording session, to re-cut the original tracks, to add a frequency sweep track and to extend the Pink Noise tracks. Then it was off to Pallas in Germany to arrange for production, their best quality Audiophile pressing on 180gm virgin vinyl.

The resulting mechanical quality is excellent, flat, stable and quiet, everything that an audiophile pressing should be!

In total, there are now seventeen tracks. Side one covers channel identification and phasing, pink noise, and bias settings (Four tracks at increasing amplitudes). Side two contains tracking ability bands at the outside, middle and inside of the disc, cartridge/arm resonance and alignment tests, full frequency (20Hz-20Khz) test and a residual noise test. All bands are separated by locked grooves.

The package is completed with the inclusion of a unique, multi-discipline, alignment protractor, a truly universal device that can be used to set up all sizes and types of arm to fine degrees of accuracy, a reprint of the seminal article by John Crabb on the theory and practice of arm/cartridge alignment, and copious sleeve notes to take the user through the set up procedure step by step.

Selections:

LP1:

1. Channel Identification

(voice on left channel, voice on right channel)

2. Phasing

(voice alternately in phase and out of phase)

3. Channel balance

(-20dB pink noise L+R)

4. Pink Noise (-20dB, left channel)

5. Pink Noise (-20 dB, right channel)

6. Bias setting (300Hz tone L+R at +12dB)

7. Bias setting (300Hz tone L+R at +14dB)

8. Bias setting (300Hz tone L+R at +16dB)

9. Bias setting (300Hz tone L+R at +18dB)

LP2:

1. Tracking ability 1 (300Hz L+R at +15dB)

2. Cartridge/arm lateral resonance test

(sweep 25-5Hz L+R +1Hz pilot tone)

3. Cartridge/arm vertical resonance test

(sweep 20Hz-6Hz)

4. Tracking ability 2 (300Hz L+R at +15dB)

5. Cartridge alignment (azimuth) test

(300Hz vertical; L-R at +6 dB; adjust for minimum mono output)

6. Residual system noise (unmodulated groove)

7. Full range frequency system check (20Hz-20kHz L+R)

8. Tracking ability 3 (300Hz L+R at +

  GRADING GENERALITIES:

MINT: Record is in perfect condition

NM: or, “near mint”. Record is in almost perfect condition, shiny with no visible defects, no writing, no surface noise when played, free of creases or ring wear.

VG+: may show some slight signs of wear, including light scuffs or scratches that do not effect sound when played. Minor signs of handling, very light ring wear or discoloration. 

VG: or, “very good”. Obvious flaws, lack original gloss, groove wear is evident on sight, as are light scratches. surface noise. Some scratches may be audible, however  still enjoyable.

G/G+/VG-: or, “good”. Record will still play through without skipping, significant surface noise and groove wear, label is worn, significant ring wear, writing, damage caused by stickers or tape. 

P/F: or, “poor/fair”. Record is cracked, warped, or skip when tried to be pla